Center on Disability Studies | University of Hawaiʻi System News

Free mental health toolkit helps individuals with disabilities with Maui wildfire trauma

October 30, 2023
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The toolkit consists of trauma-informed workbooks and resource cards for individuals with disabilities and their families recovering from the Maui wildfires.

Native Hawaiian students, ʻāina-based learning focus of debut documentary

September 12, 2023
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes The Power of Hoʻokuʻi: Joining Together to Build our Future will premiere on Thursday, September 21 at 7 p.m. on KHON2.

HS interns use AI, develop expense-tracking app in 48 hours

September 12, 2023
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The students created the app through an internship with Project Hōkūlani at UH Mānoa’s Center on Disability Studies.

$8M grant to support underserved children, family engagement in education

September 28, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes Over the next five years, Hye Jin Park and Chuan Chinn will work with the students and their families to find ways to address their needs.

$700K gift supports students with learning differences

September 7, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The award funds the development of innovative online modules to help faculty, staff and administrators improve their interactions with students with learning differences.

$UH, community partners host STEM learning event for IHS at-risk keiki, women$

UH, community partners host STEM learning event for IHS at-risk keiki, women

May 16, 2022
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes Students, faculty and staff taught two dozen children and women about STEM through many different hands-on activities.

UH director appointed to state council on developmental disabilities

April 23, 2021
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes Kiriko Takahashi hopes to be informed about the current needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to continue the CDS’s programming.

$9.6M for Native Hawaiian education programs

October 8, 2020
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes More than $2 million each were awarded to 4 Center on Disability Studies faculty.

Family engagement focus of educational initiative

September 28, 2020
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The College of Education team is one of only seven state teams nationwide that will take part in a multi-year initiative to support teaching colleges in the development of institution-specific curricula.

How math helps answer COVID-19 pandemic scenarios

May 12, 2020
UH News

Reading time: < 1 minute The information presented in the video is based on research by UH Mānoa professors and students.